Legendary Creature — Vampire Wizard

Felisa, Fang of Silverquill

Mana value4EDHREC#4,557

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The Commander

Flying

Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)

Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, if it had counters on it, create X tapped 2/1 white and black Inkling creature tokens with flying, where X is the number of counters it had on it.

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Gameplan

Felisa turns +1/+1 counters into a steady stream of flying Inkling tokens. You buff your creatures with counters (via Mentor, proliferate, and counter sources), then sacrifice or trade them to flood the board with evasive 2/1 fliers. Win through wide aerial swarms backed by anthems or aristocrats payoffs.

Strengths

Converts counters into tokens, doubling down on two of the strongest go-wide strategies
Mentor gives free counter generation just by attacking each turn
Flying evasion on both Felisa and the Inklings makes combat damage reliable
Strong synergy with sacrifice outlets and counter-doublers for explosive token output
BW gives access to premium removal, recursion, and board wipe protection

Weaknesses

Tokens are 2/1 and die to nearly any sweeper or pinger
Reliant on creatures with counters dying, so it needs sac outlets and counter sources working together
Felisa herself is fragile at 4 mana with no built-in protection
Slow to set up compared to dedicated combo decks
Vulnerable to graveyard hate and token hate (Torpor Orb-style effects don't stop it but anthem removal hurts)

Key Cards

Cathars' Crusade — Pours counters onto everything you play, fueling massive Inkling generation when those creatures die.
Ashnod's Altar — Free sac outlet that converts counter-laden creatures into Inklings and ramp simultaneously.
Doubling Season — Doubles both the +1/+1 counters and the Inkling tokens Felisa makes.
Anointed Procession — Doubles the number of Inkling tokens created on each death trigger.
Skullclamp — Draw engine that kills your counter-bearing creatures to make Inklings while refilling your hand.
Branchstorm / Inspiring Call — Counter-based card draw and protection that rewards a board full of buffed creatures.

Upgrade Path

Add counter doublers (Doubling Season, Hardened Scales) and token doublers (Anointed Procession, Parallel Lives) to multiply output, then layer reliable sac outlets like Viscera Seer and Ashnod's Altar. Tighten the aristocrats package with Blood Artist, Bastion of Remembrance, and Pitiless Plunderer for inevitability, and include proliferate sources like Flux Channeler to grow counters without combat. Top it off with protection (Teferi's Protection, Heroic Intervention) since your board is sweeper-vulnerable.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Swarm the skies with Inkling tokens buffed by anthems like Intangible Virtue
▸Aristocrats drain via Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat as creatures die into tokens
▸Overrun-style finishers (Cathars' Charge, Craterhoof effects) to push lethal flying damage
▸Sacrifice-loop value engines grinding opponents out over time

Archetypes

Tokens — Inklings flood the board and pair with anthems and token doublers for a wide aerial assault.
+1/+1 Counters — Felisa rewards counter accumulation by turning every counter into a flying body on death.
Aristocrats — Sacrificing counter-laden creatures generates value, tokens, and drain triggers.
Go-Wide Aggro — Mentor and Inklings build an evasive army that overwhelms through the air.